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100	1		_aBarrili, Anton Giulio, _d1836-1908
245	1	0	_aMonsù Tomè
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-09-10
508			_aBarbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)
520			_a"Monsù Tomè : racconto" by Anton Giulio Barrili is a novella written in the late 19th century. The tale profiles an aged Piemontese veteran of Napoleon’s wars whose anecdotes swell into a vivid first-person war memoir, centered on the Piedmont front and the defense of Cosseria. Framed by affectionate humor and melancholy, the narrator sketches the veteran’s rituals, pride, and soldierly code before yielding to his battlefield voice. Readers should expect a lively historical yarn about courage, blunders, and camaraderie in the Revolutionary era. The opening of the story presents the narrator’s youthful memories of an elderly Monsù Tomè in Loano: a solitary former officer with a ceremonious Sunday drinking rite and a store of war stories unlocked by the right prompt. Coaxed by a friend’s mention of a vivandière, he launches into his “Cantami o Diva,” switches to first person, and offers an “eagle’s view” of the early Revolutionary campaigns, criticizing Austrian command while tracing the strategic situation in Savoy and the County of Nice. The focus narrows to the battalion level: Tomè serves among the grenadiers of Monferrato under the cool, charismatic Colonel Filippo Del Carretto. After a night march from Montezemolo through Millesimo, they clash at Montecàla with Augereau’s advancing French, then fall back to the ruins of Cosseria, where “Avanti, Monferrato!” drives a fierce bayonet counter. Captain Rubin is killed, the defenders fortify the shattered castle, and Tomè details officers, shortages, and the critical lack of water and ammunition. A parley with General Provera weighs their thin resources and doubtful support from Colli, setting a tense stage for the impending defense. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cMilano: Treves, 1885
653			_aItalian fiction -- 19th century
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76855
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